Good stuff. Try to go as human throughout the depths since you'll be invaded by Kirk at one point and he drops some good gear (by chance). You also need to have him invade all 3 times throughout the game to get his armor (which is sweet looking armor).

thanks for the advice man. i already got invaded by him once.

gaping dragon isn't too hard but i keep making dumb mistakes.

i just got cursed and i realized i accidentally killed the female undead merchant that sells the purging stone. had to spend 20k souls on absolution + stone just to get to playing agian

Just enough strength so that I can effectively 2 hand the lightning Zweihander. Just enough endurance so that I don't hit the 50% weight limit before getting encumbered. Dump the rest into vitality which gets multiplied by the Mother's mask and Ring of Favor and Protection bonuses. (Don't forget to kill the Four Kings to get some red eye orb goodness.)